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His legend could hardly have been bigger back in the day. A lot of it is the public's desire for a hero to worship. Whatever happened to celebrating the safe-pa
by lordnacho 4y ago
His legend could hardly have been bigger back in the day. A lot of it is the public's desire for a hero to worship. Whatever happened to celebrating the safe-pair-of-hands guy who just stirs his pot? That's still a difficult job, but we absolutely have to have action-men who do cold-hearted things like stack ranking.
- thrillgore 4y agoRank and yank is a poison and GE is now using OKRs. Let that set in.
- adventured 4y ago> Whatever happened to celebrating the safe-pair-of-hands guy who just stirs his pot He's running Apple, the world's most valuable company, and he's modestly celebrated for being a competent, fairly quiet, safe pair of hands. He's not a product-visionary person like Jobs, and he's not a loud salesperson like Ballmer; he's a relatively boring logistics person. He's very well paid and so far Wall Street has been quite happy with him and the results he has helped to deliver. While most of the tech side of the stock market cratered, Apple held up well and Apple keeps producing record profits year after year (while not hollowing itself out ala an IBM for short-term gains).